Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  Thank you for your question. It depends on several things. That said, our priority is to find an amicable solution with Michigan and Enbridge. As I said, we'll use all the available tools to accomplish this. If we need to use the 1977 agreement, we'll do so. However, for now, we

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  Thank you very much for the question. First and foremost, it's also about protecting existing infrastructure, and Line 5 is a prime example of it. In terms of new infrastructure, I can say that Canada is a significant exporter of hydroelectricity to the United States, and there

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  Thank you very much for the question. All I'll say is that I think this is important for the United States, the various actors, whether at the state level or at the federal level, and again, multiple states, because while this has a direct impact on Michigan, Ohio and New York w

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  Thank you very much for the question. I mentioned that last week in the high-level meetings Line 5 was raised, as was Canada's concern regarding the intent of the State of Michigan and the fact that we will vigorously defend the ability of Enbridge to continue to operate that li

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  In terms of constructing the road map, there were contacts between various departments, as well as between the National Security Council in the United States and the Privy Council Office on our side, as well as the Prime Minister's Office and the White House. It was a collective

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  In terms of getting to the announcement of the road map, I think it was mostly done internally amongst officials and with our American friends. However, it's there for everyone to see and will certainly be part of the engagement with all Canadians as we move forward.

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  Right now the federal government is working very closely with Enbridge, mostly through mobilizing our diplomatic network in the United States, to engage the State of Michigan as well as other states that have a vested interest in Line 5. We are also looking at all of our options

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  I think Steve might want to come in on the question regarding CUSMA, but in terms of looking at all our options, it's exactly that. As you may know, there are processes in state court in Michigan, as well as in federal court. We do see this as a state-to-state issue between the G

Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. My name is Michael Grant. I'm the assistant deputy minister of the Americas. I'll be giving the opening remarks. I'm joined by my colleague Steve Verheul, the assistant deputy minister for trade policy. I would like to begin by acknowledging that

Foreign Affairs committee  That's a very good question. First, our total assistance to date is $87 million. That's where we're at right now. In terms of support inside Venezuela, this is something that has been very difficult. We have been able to work with some local NGOs, NGOs that advocate for human r

Foreign Affairs committee  I think many actors in the international community perhaps were a bit naive. If we go back to 2019, there was a tremendous amount of optimism and momentum behind the interim presidency of Juan Guaidó. Every day there was another country around the world saying they recognize him

Foreign Affairs committee  You are correct. We did have to close our embassy. We do have some local staff housed in the British embassy, mainly on consular issues. I can't say how many Canadian citizens reside in Venezuela. They would most likely be almost exclusively dual citizens, and as you know we don

Foreign Affairs committee  Our sanctions target individuals. They put restrictions on those individuals' ability to do business in Canada, to do banking in Canada and to travel to Canada. In terms of going forward, this is something we are constantly looking at. The three most active entities on sanction

Foreign Affairs committee  No, there is not. About a year ago, we looked into this and determined that the last shipment of oil to Canada—we think it was in 2014 or 2015—was maybe one thousand or two thousand barrels of oil; it wasn't much. Since then, we have no record of any oil coming from Venezuela.

Foreign Affairs committee  I don't want to dispute your numbers with numbers that I can't confirm. I want to agree with you that the amount of money raised to address the Venezuelan crisis is awfully low and needs to change. That's exactly why Canada is making the effort that it is. I think it has been m